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Just a pun.
Maybe it was too Ebrasive.

I believe it was just a joke to lighten the mood. 

Ebraher!

Wait a minute... Ebrahim is that you?

Hehe...And your claim sounds as you were caught in the scandalization trap of frustrated editors who always offer solutions for problems people don't have.  (BTW: Next week I'll get 17 years old...so no old man out here...)
My mom works for more than 20 years in the health industry. My grandma - till retired - worked as physician in Bavaria. Every 2-3 years armchair editors wrote about "discrimination" and "sexism" against women in the health indistry. The truth? There was none...Brainwashing at its best...
I understand, that it might be some sexism in our society. BUT it is not a general / major problem without artificially constructed scandalization.
"No scandal? Let's create one..." 
My mom took a look at this thread...She was laughing. Her claim (she could confirm this by sending you a mail from her official real name mail account): "I didn't meet sexism. Neither in the health industry, nor in photography...That might be some singular cases in Central Europe, but I didn't EVER have any problem with sexism. I have more problems with exagerations and hallucinating media editors."
EDIT: She will create an own account @EOSHD in some days to officially express her opinion (mainly photography and filming)...

On most forums and mainstream sites, you aren't even allowed to discuss issues of sex, race and politics so you're lucky I'm chilled out about it.
If things get divisive and out of hand, only then will I stop it.

I'd suggest around 3 minutes (no more than double that! MAX), and around three to six episodes. 

If you were to stretch my suggestion to the max, but still stay within my limits, that is 6x 6 minute episodes. 

That is THIRTY SIX MINUTES of content created. 

That takes an awful lot of time/money to do, for what purpose? Have a web series you created credited to your name, is a worthwhile trophy to have. But does the effort match the rewards? And what if you make an hour's worth of content?
Seriously, by that point in time you are much better off to have put your efforts/goodwill/monies into making a feature film instead! Which gets greater recognition, and has more commercial potential. 
Here is a web series I did sound for, that just got uploaded a few days ago:
 
 
 
 
 
Each episode is only around 4 minutes long, and there are only three episodes in total. 

I have an analogy for all this situation of cameras: which is the best selling car in the world? which cheap Indian car company got land rover? the pros who use Canon for years will not change, but their children will not use Canon.
It is not the D5 or the 1DX that determines the direction of sales, but the opposite: we all start from the bottom, buying cameras that cost a thousand dollars at most. Who is innovating in cameras up to 2000 dollars? Sony is paving the way for the future, the result will come in a few years.

I don't think that's what people are saying. I think it's sort of the opposite. If you're working professionally you want to make sure you can justify the cost of the gear or else it's bad business. So there's no reason to buy an Alexa unless you can afford the crew to support it (and the roughly $100k investment up front)... and your revenue warrants it. Whereas if you're buying a camera as a hobbyist, your bank account (and credit) is the limit. I'd say spend more on other areas of the production, but if you have the money for a camera package and the rest of the production, go for it! 
I do think a bigger problem is that a dSLR or C300 or FS7 is a camera you can operate comfortably with a crew of one or two, whereas in my experience it's harder to shoot on Red on Alexa without a bigger camera department and a much bigger G&E department (the sensors are light-hungry). Particularly if you want to introduce more camera movement. And so that can add many thousands a day getting the additional crew and support gear, unless you have the ability to get people to work for free and have access to cheap rentals G&E and camera support. Frankly I find the Red MX and Epic to be a nightmare on fast-moving sets and very difficult to use as owner/op cameras, though to be fair I was using both of them a month or two after they first came out and they are a lot better now. This isn't meant as an anti-Red screed. The Alexa is just as bulky and requires a lot of battery swapping, too. It's also pretty slow, but the Amira is faster. I love the image from the Mini but not the ergonomics. They're all built for a bigger crew. 
So I think the hidden expense is the added cost in workflow and crew and time with some of those cameras, and that can add an additional five figures to the budget of a short easily... that is, if you're paying your crew and post team. But if you have that worked out, you've got it worked out. That's my only argument against getting a big expensive camera, but if you have that part worked out, go for it.
On the basis of image quality I'd put the 4.6k BM well above the MX well above the original 4k BM, which has a significantly worse image than the 2.5k. The  4k has the thinnest dynamic range and most fixed pattern noise I've seen in a cinema camera. But if you're used to shooting on film and lighting for film, you won't need any more light than that with any of these cameras, though you will need to be very careful managing your highlights on the 4k BM and to some extent on the MX.
What lens set do you own? Some lenses have strange corner performance with some cameras (I believe the Cooke Speed S2/S3s do with some Reds). I would rent all three cameras before buying anything. Anything with very oblique light rays in the corners can perform dramatically differently on different sensors and that won't be as apparent on a 2.5k converted to PL because of the smaller sensor only receiving the more direct rays.
But as for spending money on your hobby, do it! 99% of Porsche owners aren't professional race car drivers. Just get whatever is gonna make you happy. They're all nice cameras. You sound like you know what you want and to that extent can't really go wrong. I might envy you for having gobs of disposable money, but I think any of us would spend it just as irresponsibly if we had it.
 

It really is not such a big deal to be lacking 444

As to record 444 you need a fairly expensive recorder, which kinda defeats the purpose of buying this amazing camera on the cheap?!

While it can still do great ProRes HQ with a very cheap HD recorder.

Looks like the camera to the far left is a Canon :-/ 

Absolutely true, but I'd still argue there is greater potential to an upside from a feature film than a web series. Even though both could be potential a similar amount of work. 
Time and opportunity cost is still real factors to consider. 

And even a "no budget" production can run up into the thousands once you consider food / gas money etc

No brainer, the 4.5K sensor is better than the MX sensor. 
And the URSA Mini Pro has more features than the Scarlet. 
Also this is just my gut feeling, but I suspect once you look at the total cost of a Scarlet kit it will be notably more than an URSA Mini Pro?
 

I strongly feel that in 2017 that 4K is not the right choice for a hobbyist who is not seeing a financial return from their investment. 

Exceptions: 
Mirrorless/DSLR 4K, they're pretty cheap (but even for someone starting out, I wouldn't recommend). 
JVC LS300, surprisingly cheap too. 
RED One MX / URSA Mini 4K / FS700 / BMPC4K, arguably these could be included, but they do have a heck of a pros/cons list you should carefully analyze before leaping in.

However, if you're the kind of person who drops $20K on a set of a golf clubs... then I guess nothing wrong with spending $$$$ on your film hobby too.
 

Do remember that 95% of an image is due to the operator / director / crew / post team. Not the camera!

And 99% of GH5 owners lack that. Unlike your typical RED Weapon / Arri Alexa XT / Sony F65 / etc shoot.

So yes, those *are* better cameras. For sure!
But don't make the mistake of thinking too much less of the GH5 just because of the typical user video. (odds are if they were handed a RED it would be just as bad/good!).
Exactly why you don't want to be spending $7K on a camera in 2017.
 
 
People often look at just the camera body cost itself, and think they can stretch to buy it, but forget the total cost of the overall system. 

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post based around a GH2 kit:

http://ironfilm.co.nz/a-priced-out-gear-kit-for-a-newbie-to-filmmaking-using-the-panasonic-gh2/

Now the GH2 is a very *VERY* cheap camera to buy secondhand, but it is quite eyeopening the total cost once you add up everything else. Even if you try to penny pinch as much as you can in all the other areas too!

Shows how often instead of a newbie considering say an a7S as their first camera (not the OP... just giving an example!) should instead be going for a 2ndhand GH2 otherwise they'll run out of budget.
Don't stress over sensor size, it doesn't really matter much overall so long as you have a matching lens kit for it that makes sense. 

No brainer, the 4.5K sensor is better than the MX sensor. 
And the URSA Mini Pro has more features than the Scarlet. 
Also this is just my gut feeling, but I suspect once you look at the total cost of a Scarlet kit it will be notably more than an URSA Mini Pro?
 

I strongly feel that in 2017 that 4K is not the right choice for a hobbyist who is not seeing a financial return from their investment. 

Exceptions: 
Mirrorless/DSLR 4K, they're pretty cheap (but even for someone starting out, I wouldn't recommend). 
JVC LS300, surprisingly cheap too. 
RED One MX / URSA Mini 4K / FS700 / BMPC4K, arguably these could be included, but they do have a heck of a pros/cons list you should carefully analyze before leaping in.

However, if you're the kind of person who drops $20K on a set of a golf clubs... then I guess nothing wrong with spending $$$$ on your film hobby too.
 

Do remember that 95% of an image is due to the operator / director / crew / post team. Not the camera!

And 99% of GH5 owners lack that. Unlike your typical RED Weapon / Arri Alexa XT / Sony F65 / etc shoot.

So yes, those *are* better cameras. For sure!
But don't make the mistake of thinking too much less of the GH5 just because of the typical user video. (odds are if they were handed a RED it would be just as bad/good!).
Exactly why you don't want to be spending $7K on a camera in 2017.
 
 
People often look at just the camera body cost itself, and think they can stretch to buy it, but forget the total cost of the overall system. 

A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post based around a GH2 kit:

http://ironfilm.co.nz/a-priced-out-gear-kit-for-a-newbie-to-filmmaking-using-the-panasonic-gh2/

Now the GH2 is a very *VERY* cheap camera to buy secondhand, but it is quite eyeopening the total cost once you add up everything else. Even if you try to penny pinch as much as you can in all the other areas too!

Shows how often instead of a newbie considering say an a7S as their first camera (not the OP... just giving an example!) should instead be going for a 2ndhand GH2 otherwise they'll run out of budget.
Don't stress over sensor size, it doesn't really matter much overall so long as you have a matching lens kit for it that makes sense. 

If you only stick with what has gone before then Ford never would have made a Model T, and instead would have just made a "better" horse pulled carriage.
 
MFT is Panasonic's best selling mount. 

Sigma, Rokinon, Samyang, and Veydra MFT glass all covers S35.

You can have a locking MFT mount, just like the FS7 mk2 did for E mount.
See my point above about making carriages, rather than cars. It is easy to get mislead with market research if you don't really think about what you're doing. 

They probably went out and asked a bunch of ex C300 shooters what they wanted, rather than asking any up and coming GH5 owners who are moving up.
Flexibility is why! Want to go ultra light, small, and compact? Then bring along a few MFT lenses!
Want to use PL lenses? You can do that too!

Want to have a Vistavision field of view? You can do that too!
Want to use a speedbooster? You can do that too!
 
However... the Panasonic EVA1 EF can do NONE OF THAT! :-(
 
Don't mix up its popularity due to being a JVC camera vs being an innovative MFT/S35 camera. 

Being a JVC product it was always going to struggle for sales. Thus the question you have to ask, is if being MFT/S35 gain it more or less sales?

I feel undoubtedly JVC got more sales due to being a MFT/S35 camera!

Just look at how we are still talking about it years later in late 2017!! Clearly it made a notable impact, that wouldn't have happened to the same extent it if was just another EF camera. 

I'd LOVE that!

I dunno, I think you guys should give him a chance, he might be telling the truth.
 

Matt Price / Sound Rolling is my top recommendation:
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThatWasSound

The reason why? He is the *only* professional sound recordist on YouTub who is putting out regular and informative content in this niche!! (every other channel in this subject niche is either a brand instead, or a retail store, or a non-specialist)

One last recommendation, and this one is ever so slightly biased.... *me*:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCniNTuAtkFiSCQNfIaw9SJw

Although I have only a tiny tiny fraction of the amount of content that Matt Price has! Plus I haven't been doing it for anywhere near as long as he has. 

The Ebrahim Saadawi scam thread was one of the most entertaining things I've ever read on the internet. Sad it never got resolved (afaik). 

Maybe it was a well designed plan to get you to review their filter 

Hey, Philip Bloom here, send me one of them Kinefinity Terras.
-- but all fun 'n jokes aside, that's pretty sad

Someone is pretending to be me, trying to scam free products out of the DSLR video community.
Huge thanks for this company for being smart and sending me an email through this site, to check it was actually me!!
Previously also James Miller I think was a victim of this kind of thing as well, but the real victims are the small businesses who lose valuable goods to an imposter!
(This is a message to the person behind this ruse: It's completely fraudulent and we will get the police involved)

Yep easy to trap.
"Please send to Ebrahim Saadawi, 1 scam street, fraudtown."

Jesus Christ please don't turn this into an identity politics forum. That cancer has destroyed enough platforms already.

Last weekend in a single evening I did a skit/advert film (vblog coming soon!) where I did all of camera + lighting + sound all by myself! & the director was also the actor, BOTH actors! :-o He even did a fight scene with himself.

Last weekend in a single evening I did a skit/advert film (vblog coming soon!) where I did all of camera + lighting + sound all by myself! & the director was also the actor, BOTH actors! :-o He even did a fight scene with himself.